Swat25-02-2013

ANNUAL STATUS OF EDUCATION REPORT (ASER)2012

ASER PAKISTAN 2010-2015 Citizen led large scale national household survey (3-16). Measure quality of education in rural and some urban

areas (5-16 years). Seeks to provide evidence on learning and access gaps.Objectives are: To get reliable estimates of the status of children’s

schooling and basic learning (reading and arithmetic level) at the district level.

To measure the change in these basic learning and school statistics from last year.

ASER Outreach over the last 3 years 2010 – 32 districts 2011 – 85 districts 2012 – 142 districts

Coverage: Across Pakistan

ASER 2012: 136 districts across Pakistan (136 Rural + 6 Urban /5 overlap with rural

districts)

KP : 23 district in 2012 compared to 14 districts in 2011

Sample: 600 households per district. Two-stage stratified sample; 30 Villages 20 Households per village60 Schools per district 2 Schools per village (1 Govt. & 1 Private school)

Scale

Access: Enrollment, Type of School etc.

Quality of Learning:Tested Subjects: Urdu, English and Math

School Facilities: Attendance teachers and children Availability of drinking water Availability of functional toilets, play ground and

boundary walls

Scope

ASER Survey Sheets

ASER Pakistan Assessment Tools Grade IIASER Assessment tools are prepared in following Categories•Reading

Urdu Sindhi Pashto

•Arithmetic abilities•English

23 Districts Surveyed in KP

ASER Swat

Access

What are our children doing?

% Children in different types of schools % Out-of-school

TotalAge group Govt.

Non-state providers Neverenrolled

Drop-outPvt. Madrasah Others

6-10 50.8 43.2 0.0 0.0 5.5 0.5 100

11-13 54.1 37.7 0.0 0.0 4.0 4.2 100

14-16 49.9 31.6 0.8 0.0 8.8 8.8 100

6-16 51.4 38.9 0.2 0.0 5.9 3.5 100

Total 90.5 9.4 100

By type 56.8 43.0 0.2 0.0

Enrollment in Swat

Every 11th child is out of school in Swat district

Enrollment in Swat

DISTRICT % OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN RANK

Haripur 6.8 5Swat 9.4 6Swabi 9.6 7

Charsadaha 10.3 10Mardan 13.3 13

Every 11th child in Swat is not in school!

Enrollment (Ranking)

Quality Education?

What are children learning

inschools?

50% Children in class 5 cannot read story (text of class 2) . In other words, 50% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level.

LEARNING LEVEL - URDU

DISTRICT% Children who

can read URDU Stories

in Class 5RANK

Charsadaha 77.3 1Mardan 73.1 2Haripur 71.4 3Swabi 58.2 4Swat 50.4 7

Swat is at 7th position in district ranking (Urdu/Pashto)!

LEARNING LEVEL – URDU/Pashto (Ranking)

50% Children in class 5 cannot read sentences (text of class 2) . In other words, 50% children are behind 3 classes with respect to their competency level.

ENGLISH

DISTRICT% Children who can

read English sentencesIn Class 5

RANK

Mardan 80.5 1Haripur 74.1 2

Charsadaha 71.2 3Swabi 60.3 6Swat 49.6 9

Swat is at 9th position in district ranking (English)!

ENGLISH (Ranking)

59% Children in class 5 cannot do division (3 digits by 1 digit) . In other words, 59% children are behind 2 classes with respect to their competency level in math

MATH

DISTRICT% Children who can

do 3 Digits Division

in Class 5 RANK

Mardan 83.7 1Charsadaha 68.8 3

Haripur 65.5 4Swabi 49.0 8Swat 41.4 14

Swat is at 14th position in district ranking (MATH)!

MATH (Ranking)

Sr. No. Indicator % Rank

1 Out of School Children 9.4 6

2 Urdu Readings 50.4 7

3 English Readings 49.6 9

4 Arithmetic learning 41.4 14

RANKING OF DISTT. Swat(Summary)

Comparing Learning Levels of Private and Public Schools

38% of class 5 students in Public Schools and 75% in Pvt. Schools can read story in Urdu.

35% of Class 5 students in Public Schools while 81% in Pvt. Schools can read sentences in English.

Totally 32% of Class 5 students in Public while 61% in Pvt. Schools can do 3 digits division

LEARNING LEVELS - PUBLIC vs. PVT SCHOOLS

Swat when compared to all the districts of KP the learning levels are not good in Math.

Swat dose not come in the Top 13 districts in learning levels in the subject.

What are children learning in Swat schools?

• 19% Children from Pvt. And 2% Children from Public Schools are attending Paid Tuition.

Private Supplementary Tuition?

Only 13% Mothers have completed primary education in Swat.

Parental Education

An important factor that influences learning levels

Attendance in Government Schools

Basic Facilities in Govt. Primary Schools

ASER can help assess education with respect to : Quality Availability/Access Equity

Planning according to district based assessment – generating District Report Cards (DRCs) linked to the Roadmap to Reforms and/or Sector Plans of the Provincial Governments.

Holding ASER Baithaks in ASER survey villages, parents, communities with parliamentarians and political holding ALL to account for ACTION! Continued Dialogues with Parliamentarians and Politicians in 2013 for elections, manifestoes and actionable steps that can be tracked

Linking the ASER information to national data and GMR /UN Human Development Reports /others in the run up to 2015 & post 2015 debatesMilestone achievement:“The Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2012”

How can ASER 2012 inform the planning, drafting, resourcing and implementation of 25-A?

Discussion

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